ChatGPT referrals to retailers’ apps were up on Black Friday year-over-year, with Walmart and Amazon benefiting the most.
Amazon Web Services announced four new AI models within its Nova model family and a frontier model service.
OpenAI clarified that the app suggestion was not an advertisement, but instead a poor attempt to integrate an app discovery feature within conversations.
AWS has been building its own AI chips — and systems — for years now. It just released its third version, known as Trainium3, with some impressive specs.
Simular, a startup building AI agents for Mac OS and Windows, has solved the AI hallucination problem in a compelling way.
AWS is introducing new capabilities for its AI agent-building platform, including memory and evaluation tools.
Analysts will be watching to see if Thrive-owned firms actually succeed in building long-term profitable businesses using OpenAI’s tech, or if the result is really just pumped up valuations based on speculative market potential.
The $2 billion investment in Synopsys, which makes software and components for designing semiconductor chips, deepens their existing partnership at a time when analysts scrutinize circular AI-industry deals and warn of a potential bubble.
On Black Friday, Amazon sessions that resulted in a sale were up 100% in the U.S. when the AI chatbot Rufus was used. They only increased by 20% when Rufus wasn’t used.
The round was co-led by Salesforce Ventures and Anjney Midha (AMP), and saw participation from a16z, NVIDIA, Northzone, Creandum, Earlybird VC, BroadLight Capital, General Catalyst, Temasek, Bain Capital Ventures, Air Street Capital, Visionaries Club, Canva and Figma Ventures.
